Hoosier Newsmen on Washington Scene News Access
Hoosier reporters discuss limitations on accessing Washington information as officials resist disclosure. They cite refusals by Weeks Hobby and others, noting press conferences scarce and secrecy backing public news suppression amid Cold War pressures. The piece quotes Reston Mollenhoff Hayden and Hagerty on shifts in transparency and security.
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Washington
Sigma Delta Chi
Kenneth Hogate
Fonsier
Stewart
Joseph Alsop
Saturday Evening Post
Martin Hayden
Detroit ‘News
Secretary of Commerce
Oveta Cip Hobby
Education and Welfare
Hayden
James B. Reston
New York Times Bureau
Joe Dodge
Nell Rockefeller
White House
Wash
Dnpton
Games Hagerty
New York
Soviet Union
United States
Collision Involving S Hinshaw and M Cunningham On Main Street
Two cars driven by Martha M Cunningham of 518 North West Street and Stella D Hinshaw of 613 West Main Street collided on West Main Street yesterday. Damage to both vehicles was estimated at 73 dollars.
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Martha M. Cunningham
North West Street
Stella D. Hinshaw
West Main Street
Yesteryear
Boone R C Blood Bank Approved for Boone County
Formal approval for Boone County Chapter of the American Red Cross to participate in the Regional Blood Center at Fort Wayne was announced. Herman Antle named chairman of the new chapter service with Tom Burrin as donor recruitment chairman. The mobile unit will visit Lebanon mid September, with several Fort Wayne medical staff expected to assist in setup. A donor registration card will be enclosed with utility bills, targeting 125 pints for Boone County visits four times yearly. Blood donations are voluntary and provided at no charge to patients.
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Fort Wayne
Boone County
American Red Cross
Herman Antle
Boone County RE Mlc
Ned C. Boatright
Antle
Tom Burrin
Lebanon
Witham Hospital
Red Cross
Frankfort Rites For Dora Norris
Dora Ella Norris 64 wife of Virgil Norris of Frankfort died at Robert Long hospital in Indianapolis last night. Born July 12 1881 in Cumberland County Kentucky she married Virgil Norris May 3 1906. Survived by son Leslie two daughters Cordelia Fitton Frankfort and Jisris Lewallen California two sisters Florence Harris and Icie Norris Glassboro nine grandchildren six great grandchildren. Funeral 10 AM Friday Atzhe Funeral Home Frankfort Rev Otis Calter officiating burial Greenlawn Cemetery Frankfort. Friends may call after 3 PM Thursday.
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Dora Ella Norris
Virgil Norris
Frankfort
Robert Long Hospial
Indianspolis
Norris
Shy
Sverk
Cumberland County
Kentucky
Allen and
Mehr (Taylor) Smith
Léslie
Cordelia Fitton
Jisris Lewallen
Calfornia
Florence Harris
Icie Norristoth
Glasce
Srand
Otis Calter
Greenlawn
Install New Local Jaycees Officers
Forty six Leba non Junior Chamber of Commerce members attended an installation banquet at the Boone County Conservation League club house with awards presented. New president Jin Waggener introduced the new officer slate while Gilbert Smith received the Outstanding Project award for the Celestial James Hill Memorial cemetery improvement effort.
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Lebanon
Wendell Iddings Rece
George Donaldson
Ray Rkesner
Towtian
Max Foreman
Iycees
Jim Wageener
Morris Adair
Wagener
Dan
Wabash Athletic Director to Speak to Lebanon Kiwanis
Owen Huntstian of Wabash College will address Lebanon Kiwanis at the Country Club on Thursday. He is expected to discuss upcoming Pecathlin events and the Crawfordsville meet date.
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Kiwanis
Owen Huntstian
Wabash College
Lebanon Kiwanis Club
Thurs- Ray Noun
Oddrell
Crawfordsville
Indiana AG seeks bar probe into Holovachka Barrett bond cases
Atty Gen Edwin K Steers asked the Gary Bar Association to form a committee to study Barrett bond dealings by Lake County Prosecutor Holovachka while city controller. He urged possible disbarment action and noted irregular payments of 25252 dollars. The case may also bring special deputy attorneys general for civil action. The Lake County grand jury will decide on criminal action.
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Indianapolis
Edwin K Steers
Gary Bar Assi
Barrett Law
Lake County
Metro Hevachka
Steers
Marguerite Glaser
Gary Bar
Holavachka
Gary
Gary Bar Assn
Itis
Stillas
State Board of Account
Holovachka
Barrett
Ga Bar Asen
Indiana Supreme Court
Boty Holovachka
Lake County Criminal Court
Criminal Court
Televachka
Helovachka
Conservation Club Ice Cream Social Set For June 29
The Boone County Conservation League Women’s Auxiliary with male League members will host its annual ice cream social at the club house on Wednesday evening June 29. A buffet lunch plus homemade cake and ice cream will be served from 5 to 8 pm in the cooling club house. Proceeds fund kitchen improvements with built in cabinets by Russell Heffelmire.
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Boone County Conservation League
League
Russell Heffelmire
Scelba resigns premiership as cabinet quits in Rome
Premier Mario Scelba presented the coalition government’s resignations after a 13 month battle against communism. President Giovanni Gronchi held talks as the cabinet announced its unanimous decision. Scelba said he acted with serenity hoping the crisis would soon be resolved.
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Rome
Mario Scelba
Wyat
Scelba
Giovanni Gronehi
Quirinagle
Sant
Council of Ministers
Gronchi
Christian Democrat Party
Miner Party
Christian den
Lebanon Native Wins Promotion to Commanding Officer
Colonel Ralph T. Nelson, a Lebanon native, has been appointed Commanding Officer of the corps training center at Gordon, Ca. He assumes duties June 27, replacing Brig. Gen. Samuel P. Collins. Nelson has 27 years in the army, born June 19, 1902, and a Lebanon High School graduate. He attended university, West Point, and was commissioned in 192. He served in the European theater in World War II and in the Far East Command from 1953 to 1955. He has earned the Legion of Merit, Bronze Star, Purple Heart, and Korean Alpha with Silver Star. He is married to Christine Clarke of Savannah, Ga., with one son and one daughter.
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Ralph T. Nelson
Lebanon
Theal Corps Training Cent
Gordon
Samuel P. Collins
Nelson
Grmy
Tou
West Point
US Military Academy
Signal Corps
Christine Clarke
Savannah
Break-ins Reported At Boone Grain & Seed Co and Home on West Main
Police investigated two break ins within a week. The Boone Grain and Seed Co offices were entered Tuesday night and a cigarette machine and a drawer were emptied of $7.7. A second report said Claude Kersey's West Main Street home was broken into by youths, with boxes of grease utensils and paint damaged.
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Boone | | Grain & Seed Co
Claude Ker Jsey
West Main Street
Stevens Out, Brucker New Army Secretary
President Eisenhower nominated Wilber M. Brucker to succeed Robert T. Stevens as secretary of the Army after Stevens resigned for personal reasons. Stevens, 61, will leave the Pentagon around July, with White House saying the resignation was accepted with deep regret.
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Washington
Robert T. Stevens
Army
Eisenhower
Wilber M. Brucker
Defense Department
Stevery
Sen
McCarthy
R-Wis
Pentagon
Michigan
Detroit
White House
Stevens
New England
Stegers
Sary
Wilson Mevens
David Lehine
John G. Adams
Roy Mohn
Cohn
Adams
Michiway
Saginaw
Brucker
One Car In Eight Defective In Indiana Check
Indiana safety program found about one in eight vehicles had defects in safety equipment in a May check. Jo Lingo of the Office of Traffic Safety said the rate matched a prior check. About a fourth of defects involved more than one dangerous condition, with tail and stop lights most affected. Headlights and brakes also notable. 91 cities participated. Anderson v Muncie contest to top vehicle checks. Indianapolis police intensified a safety drive arresting 96 speeders and issuing 46 jaywalking notices in 24 hours.
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Indianapolis
GPA
Indiana
Anderson
Muncie
Marion County
Boone Students Attend Indiana State Summer Session
Five Boone county students Frederick Goodnight Rowena Piety Juanita Leo and Jerry from Whitestown are among 1468 enrolled for Indiana State Teachers College first i week summer session from June 12 to July 15. The second E week runs July 18 to August 19, with enrollment figures up over 18 percent and projected to rise 20 percent after late registrations.
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Terre Haute
Boone County
Indiana State Teachers College
Indiana State
Boone
Frederick Goodnight
North West Street
Rowena Piety
Thorntown
Juanita Leo
Jerry
Whitestown
Republic Steel Chief Quits Job
Tom Girdler, who once vowed to return to the farm, steps aside as Republic Steel Corp chief executive. Charles M White, 64, takes over daily operations while Girdler remains board chairman. Girdler led the firm from 1929 after restructuring and spearheaded direct steel advertising to homemakers amid a period of defense material production needs.
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Cleveland
Tom Girdier
CIO
Republic Steel Corp
Girdier
Little Steel
Cio-United Steelworkers
Republic
Girdler
Girdle
Charles M White
White
Clarke County
Ind
Repuulic
Jones & Laughlin Steel Corp
Pittsburgh
Fim
Internal Revenue Office To Close June 24
The focal Internal Revenue Service office will close on Friday June 24. Taxpayer service will continue at the Lafayette and Komomo offices and at the Indianapolis Post Office Building. Mel Ailes will work from the Lafayette office.
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Internal Revenue Office
Focal Internal Revenue Service
Post Office
Lafayette
Kokomo
Indianapolis
Mel Ailes
Internal Revenue
Fall From Bunk Bed Fatal To Baby Girl
In Mishawaka Indiana a two year old girl Michele Huston died after falling about one and a half feet from the lower bunk of a double deck bed. Deputy Coroner Joseph Stratigos ruled the death accidental.
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Mishawaka
Ind
Michele Huston
Dale Huston
Joseph Stratigos
Molotov Urges UN to Cement World Peace Unity
Bulletin from San Francisco reports Foreign Minister V. M. Molotov urging the United Nations to dedicate itself to world peace. He pledged the Soviet Union would do all it could to support the UN in this effort.
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San Francisco
V. M. Molotov
United Nations
Soviet Union
U.N
Ground Broken For Dormitory At Indiana Methodist Home
A $90,000 dormitory will be built at the Indiana Methodist Children's Home in Lebanon with ground breaking Sunday at 7 30 pm on West Camp street. Mra JsoC Coons announces the ceremony with Rev Gus Collier and Lloyd Sanders chairing the events. Res B Deek will deliver an address as a trustee emeritus. children will provide a musical program and the public is invited. Funds were provided by an anonymous Lebanon donor.
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Atth Indiana Methodist Children’s Howe
Plae
West Camp Street
Mra Jsoc Coons
Lebanon
Rey Gus Collier
Frankfort
Lioyd Sanders
Indianapolis
Res B.deek
Connersville
Samuel Stowers Dies At Home In Lookout Church Area
Samuel Stowers 61 died at his home 16 miles northwest of Terhune exenting. He was born July 1 1873 and spent his life there. He married Dora Whicker June 15 1905 and they celebrated their fiftieth anniversary last week. Surviving are son Ernest Stowers daughter Trace Stowers a brother Richard Stowers a sister Mrs John W Boyer and grandsons Phil and Den. Funeral at 1 pm Friday Pettijohn Funeral Home Sheridan with burial Crown View Cemetery. Rev Osborn to officiate. Friends may call after Tuesday.
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Samuel Stowers
Terhune
John Wo
Mehitable i Hartie Stowers
Marrid
Dora Whicker
Ernest Stowers
Near Terhune
Trace Stowers
Richard Stowers
Arenthia
John W. Boyer
Phil
Den
Pettijohn
Sheridan
Crown View Cemetery
R & Osborn
Tom Wednrday
Daffyn Tions Maron Feeds Nightmares With Hay Bed
A quirky line reads like a punchy: Daffyn Tions Maron feeds nightmares by taking hay to bed, a odd habit noted in a brief item. The note emphasizes the surreal nature of the ritual and its sleep implications.
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Maron
Fine
Peron government releases political prisoners after revolt
Argentina announces release of political opponents jailed in the recent uprising against President Juan Peron. Rebels are to be tried by the Supreme Council of the armed forces. Reports note troop redeployments, censorship, and continuing uncertainty over a government reorganization or junta.
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Buenos Atres Gentina
Juan J. Peron
Bar Aide
Wie
Marine Corps Perconnel
Supreme Council of the Armed Forces
Socepitee
Mai Eo
Franklin Lucero
Argentina
Cape ‘Tal
Peron
Impred
Openumor
Meterpol
Lucero
Lucera
Hurraenic
Montevideo
Pial
Buenos Aires
Buenos
Ational
Lagero
Agree On Bill Raises Federal Employees Pay
Senate House conferees settled today on a bill boosting pay for about 1.0 million federal workers. The plan provides a 3.07 percent retroactive rise to March 1, totaling roughly 232.8 million dollars annually for 983,987 civil service and about 96,206 related workers. Senate support aimed to extend to rank and file employees, while postal workers have already received an average 8 percent increase.
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Washington
Senate
Hower
Sen
Olin D. Johnston
D-Sc
Muldlor
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Boone R. C. Blood Bank
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Dora Norris
Jaycees
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Ray Kesner
Young
Jeycees Committee
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Memorial Pack
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